Good for them, I'm sure they would have done better than the team that went in to Norman and whooped them 42-17. They got stomped last year too.
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Three years in a row, the CFP got it right.
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and the playoff seeding has a special wrinkle, where the Pac and B1G champs play each other in the Rose annually, regardless of seeding
somebody
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This idea being floated that 8 teams destroys the meaning of the regular season is just bs. In fact, it amplifies it, because you know if you win your conference, you are going to the CFP. The way it works now, you can win the conference and beat the team that goes. Bad call at the time, worse in the actual semifinal game. All of the conference champs need to get in, or the regular season has less meaning.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
You mean the 45-24 loss to Ohio State way back in September? The same Ohio State team that lost to the other "pointless" team?
Actually the regular season has more meaning because you need to win your conference and look good in the out of conference or you could be left out.
Yep. Nice balance to it. You could have a poor start in the non-conference (like when Stanford lost to Northwestern last year) and then make the playoff by winning your conference. Or, if you fell short in your conference, your non-conference record & SOS would be what gave you a shot at the playoff as an at-large.
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As Klatt said, fix the conferences to fix the playoffs.
A 10 team conference with an 8 game conference schedule generates a different path to qualify than a 12 team conference with 9 conference games.
Teams that schedule FCS and low end D1 out of conference have a different path than teams squaring off against top 25 ranked teams.
Standardize the conference structure with same number of teams, same number of conference games, same number and quality of OOC opponents, and a conference championship game, then tinker with the playoff structure.
A 10 team conference with an 8 game conference schedule generates a different path to qualify than a 12 team conference with 9 conference games.
Teams that schedule FCS and low end D1 out of conference have a different path than teams squaring off against top 25 ranked teams.
Standardize the conference structure with same number of teams, same number of conference games, same number and quality of OOC opponents, and a conference championship game, then tinker with the playoff structure.
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somebody
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Actually, your facts are crooked. Winning the conference is secondary, as proven this year.
Because the conference winner lost two games. And why did Ohio State make the playoff? Because they had the most impressive regular season outside of Bama.
somebody
Well-Known Member
The conference championship was devalued, and we saw the result in the semi-final game. OSU's season as most impressive is debatable - they fell into the win at home against Michigan, for example.
They missed two field goals in the fourth quarter lol I don't think that is "falling" into a win. Penn state "fell" into a win against Ohio state but also got blasted by Michigan. Conference championships are devalued by unbalanced scheduling and 8 game conference schedules, not because they don't automatically get you into the playoff.
somebody
Well-Known Member
Michigan gave that game away. Agree that conference scheduling should be evened out, but going to 8 teams, with all P5 conference champs plus 3, fixes everything.
Except the Big Integer played 9 conference games so how is that devalued?
I was talking about all conference champs not just the Big-14. Missing 4 teams a year in the other division (5 for the SEC) is a bad look.
In order to fix something there has to be something wrong. No one should care about a 2 loss stanford, a 2 loss oklahoma or a 2 loss Penn State getting left out, they had their chance and they blew it. The only argument I could see was the 1 loss TCU team but that will be fixed starting next year with a championship game.
And in the Michigan game Ohio State made plays. Yes Michigan fumbled inside the 5 yard line but Ohio State missed two easy field goals in the fourth quarter so they made just as many mistakes.
66% man, 66%.
I'm not in favor of expansion, but you make a good point and state it well.